cavillor

Latin

Etymology

From cavilla (“jesting, banter”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaˈwɪl.lɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [käˈvil.lor]

Verb

cavillor (present infinitive cavillārī, perfect active cavillātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to jeer, mock, satirize

   Synonyms: spernō, contemnō, āspernor

2. to gainsay, quibble, or engage in sophistry

Conjugation

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cavillor		cavillāris, cavillāre		cavillātur		cavillāmur		cavillāminī		cavillantur
	imperfect	cavillābar		cavillābāris, cavillābāre		cavillābātur		cavillābāmur		cavillābāminī		cavillābantur
	future	cavillābor		cavillāberis, cavillābere		cavillābitur		cavillābimur		cavillābiminī		cavillābuntur
	perfect	cavillātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cavillātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cavillātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	caviller		cavillēris, cavillēre		cavillētur		cavillēmur		cavillēminī		cavillentur
	imperfect	cavillārer		cavillārēris, cavillārēre		cavillārētur		cavillārēmur		cavillārēminī		cavillārentur
	perfect	cavillātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cavillātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cavillāre		—		—		cavillāminī		—
	future	—		cavillātor		cavillātor		—		—		cavillantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cavillārī			—			cavillāns			—
future		cavillātūrum esse			—			cavillātūrus			cavillandus
perfect		cavillātum esse			—			cavillātus			—
future perfect		cavillātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		cavillātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cavillandī		cavillandō		cavillandum		cavillandō		cavillātum		cavillātū

   Conjugation of cavillor (first conjugation, deponent)

Derived terms

• cavillābundus
• cavillātiō
• cavillātor
• cavillātrix
• cavillātus

Descendants

• → Asturian: cavilar
• → English: cavil
• → Galician: cavilar
• → Italian: cavillare
• → Portuguese: cavilar
• → Spanish: cavilar

References

• “cavillor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cavillor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cavillor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.